10 Responses to “10 Writing Hooks To Catch Your Readers Interest From The First Sentence”

1. Bob Younce Mar 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

   Great link, thank you so much for this one!

   One of my favorite openers:

   The shocker. Say something totally outrageous that no one will agree with, and then spend the rest of the article telling why the position is defensible. Either that or spend the rest of the article twisting the shocker around so that it makes sense.

   Good form!

2. Princess Mar 13th, 2008 at 10:04 pm

   Hi, Yvonne,
   That is a helpful idea starter list.
   It would be fun to do some statistical data on how many on the list are used by bloggers or vice versa!
   I’ll start with mine.
   A great weekend to you.
   Princess

3. Yvonne Russell Mar 14th, 2008 at 9:51 am

   Hi Bob
   Controversy… great idea!

4. Yvonne Russell Mar 14th, 2008 at 9:52 am

   Hi Princess
   This is a great idea. I bet we all tend to use our favorites. The list is a good old standby for a blog post.

5. alex@scribophile Mar 27th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   These are all really great ways to kick of a bit of article- or blog-style writing. A few of these would even be good for conventional fiction- “Ask a question” and “Have you ever?” stand out as good possibilities.

6. Yvonne Russell Mar 28th, 2008 at 3:04 am

   Hi Alex
   Thanks for stopping by. Great suggestions.

7. Billie Aug 19th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

   You can always start with a quoat

8. notsuree Nov 24th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

   oor you could start with an interesting fact…like ex: Did you know thaty elephants have the largest brains in the world

9. Reshad Khan Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:48 pm

   How about starting in the middle, starting with a thoughtful saying, or a rhetorical question?

   Reshad Khan, age 13

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